SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--James Montgomery today announced that Eric Schmidt, Google’s executive
chairman, has joined the list of speakers at OASIS: THE MONTGOMERY
SUMMIT. OASIS—an invitation-only event featuring top entrepreneurs and
investors, senior level media and technology executives, and leading
industry visionaries—will be held March 5-6, 2014 at the Fairmont
Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica.

Joining Schmidt on the OASIS stage will be Jared Cohen, director of
Google Ideas and co-author, with Schmidt, of the book “The New Digital
Age: Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and Business.” Schmidt and
Cohen will be interviewed by Rich Kaarlgard, business author and Forbes
magazine publisher, on March 5 at the OASIS Summit.

From 2001-2011, Schmidt served as Google’s chief executive officer,
overseeing the company’s technical and business strategy alongside
founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page. Under his leadership, Google
dramatically scaled its infrastructure and diversified its product
offerings while becoming one of the world’s most innovative – and
successful - companies.

Before launching Google Ideas, Cohen received multiple honors while
serving four years in the State Department under Secretaries of State
Condoleezza Rice and Hillary Clinton. A leading expert on terrorism,
counter-radicalization and the impact of connection technologies, Cohen
was named by Time magazine in 2013 as one of its 100 most influential
people.

Schmidt and Cohen join the list of distinguished OASIS speakers that
include John Chen, CEO of BlackBerry; Deepak Chopra, America’s
preeminent expert on alternative medicine and holistic health; Paul
Maritz, the former Microsoft executive and current CEO of data firm
Pivotal; Ashish Thakkar, named World’s Best Young Entrepreneur by the
World Entrepreneurship Forum; and Brazilian mining billionaire Bernardo
Paz, who will talk about the importance of creativity and innovation
through the context of his world-famous art retreat in the Atlantic
Forest of Brazil.

For OASIS founder James Montgomery, the addition of Schmidt and Cohen as
speakers is part of an ambitious vision. “Our team at OASIS is on a
mission to make this year’s conference a one-of-a-kind gathering of
innovation thought-leaders and the next generation of entrepreneurs who
want to change the world,” said Montgomery. “We want to do an event
that’s unlike anything seen before in Los Angeles.” Montgomery is well
known for investing and coaching a generation of successful
entrepreneurs.

An outgrowth of the hugely popular Montgomery Technology Conference,
OASIS makes its debut this year with 145 exceptional presenting
companies. These companies will fall into three categories: “First Look”
companies that generate less than $10 million in yearly revenues;
“Emerging” companies with revenues between $10 million and $50 million;
and “Growth” companies whose yearly revenues exceed $50 million. Prior
conferences have provided early looks at Facebook, Twitter, Pandora,
Splunk, Marketo, Meraki, Exact Target, Rocket Fuel, and other breakout
companies.

In addition to the above-mentioned panels, New York Times tech
reporter Quentin Hardy will moderate an OASIS panel on the future
“math-based” currencies. Other panels will include senior executives
from Facebook, Turn and Axciom; as well as leading venture investors and
entrepreneurs. The conference will conclude with “Moneyball,” which
promises to be the largest prize business competition ever held as top
venture investors will select one early stage company for a significant
investment which will include participation by qualified investors in
the audience.

ABOUT OASIS: THE MONTGOMERY SUMMIT

OASIS will feature exclusive gala receptions, world-class food, and
special evening entertainment. Over 1,000 participants from around the
world are expected to attend the inaugural OASIS Summit. Presenting
sponsors for OASIS include the Signal Hill and Macquarie Capital.
Additional sponsors include Telesystem Media, Vantage Media, Ernst &
Young, Citrix, Telesign, Silicon Valley Bank, Liquidnet, Gibson Dunn, NS
Solutions, Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, Cooley LLP, City National
Bank, Pritzer Group Venture Capital, TruCar, and August Capital. The
conference will be held March 5-6, 2014 at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in
Santa Monica. http://www.fairmont.com/santa-monica/